Jewelry store owner dies week after home invasion

The owner of a Loop jewelry supply business savagely beaten last week in a home invasion at his Sauganash residence has died, authorities said.

Shai Miller, 57, was declared dead at 5:30 a.m. today at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Miller died almost a week after two armed men stormed into his home in the 6300 block of North Kildare Avenue at about 9:20 p.m. on Oct. 27 and bound Miller with duct tape before beating him, police said.

The attackers also tied up Miller's 14-year-old son, but he was not harmed.

Miller was taken in critical condition to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, where he was in intensive care with a brain hemorrhage.

Following the home invasion, the men fled with jewelry, silverware and a painting, according to preliminary police reports.